{"id":10793,"date":"2011-11-12T05:26:23","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T12:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/?p=10793"},"modified":"2011-11-12T09:54:25","modified_gmt":"2011-11-12T16:54:25","slug":"people-on-the-move-in-the-social-business-industry-nov-12-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/12\/people-on-the-move-in-the-social-business-industry-nov-12-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"People on the Move in the Social Business Industry, Nov 12, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, I received an email from a recruiter seeking a social strategist with 10 years business experience (not just social) an MBA and ability to manage a team of 10 for a total comp of $350-400k.  That&#8217;s a far stretch above the normal, which I hear is at director level.  Let&#8217;s see what happens as this space continues to heat up when you see a shortage of talent, frequent poaching, and potential job hopping.<\/p>\n<p>The hires in the social business space continue to heat up, in fact the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/10\/spend-wisely-finally-an-investment-roadmap-for-social-business-buyers-altimeter-report\/\">market research data (read the report) shows that hiring is the top spend in 2011.<\/a> Expect there to be more hires over coming quarters.Both the submissions on this job announcement board, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/webstrategy.jobamatic.com\/a\/jbb\/find-jobs\">available social media positions at corporations<\/a> continue to pour in.  In this continued digest of job changes, I like to salute those that continue to join the industry in roles focused on social media,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/category\/on-the-move\/\">see the archives<\/a>, which I&#8217;ve been tracking since Q4, 2007.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"potm-banner-2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/potm-banner-2.jpg\" alt=\"potm-banner-2\" width=\"520\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>People on the Move in the Social Business Industry:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simon\tKemp\tjoins\t<a href=\"http:\/\/wearesocial.net\/blog\/2011\/10\/asia-social\/\">We Are Social\tas\tManaging Director<\/a>, We Are Social Singapore\tSimon will be responsible for We Are Social&#8217;s operations in Asia, heading up an inital team of 3. \u00a0I just met with Stefano a year ago, and now this growing agency has over <a href=\"http:\/\/wearesocial.net\/who\/\">120 employees across the globe<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Dale\tReeves\tjoins\tTE Connectivity (Tyco Electronics); Middletown, PA\tas\tManager, Global eBusiness and Marketing\tResponsible for all eBusiness marketing, Web platform, eCommerce, analytics reporting, Social Media practice, integration to PR &amp; off-line.<\/li>\n<li>Steve\tJohnson\tjoins\tHootSuite\tas\tChief Revenue Officer\tBringing experience as VP of Channel Partners from Constant Contact and Blackbaud, Steve is heading up HootSuite&#8217;s go to market channels.<\/li>\n<li>Darren\tSuomi\tjoins\tHootSuite\tas\tVice President of Sales\tWith experience as Global VP, Enterprise Sales at SAP AG and Sales Director as Business Objects, Darren will oversee the HootSuite Enterprise Sales team.<\/li>\n<li>Greg\tGunn\tjoins\tHootSuite\tas\tVice President, Business Development\tAlready working with HootSuite, Greg is now responsible for building relationships as he did at Terapeak, Research Advanced, TeamPages.com and Idea Builders.<\/li>\n<li>Matt \tSwitzer\tjoins\tHootSuite\tas\tVP Corporate Development\tMatt will help grow companies and is currently VP of Corporate Development at HootSuite. Previously an Investment Banker at Bank of America Merrill Lynch , Matt advised on mergers and acquisitions after which he joined a venture capital firm focusing on mobile, social and telecommunications.<\/li>\n<li>Adarsh\tPallian\tjoins\tHootSuite\tas\tDirector of Apps and Integrations\tAdarsh oversees HootSuite&#8217;s App Directory program. He is also responsible for the integration of HootSuite&#8217;s acquisitions, including Geotoko, Twapper Keeper and What The Trend.<\/li>\n<li>Brian\tKomar\tjoins\tSalesforce.com\tas\tIndustry Solutions Director for Public Sector and Campaigns\tplans, develops and executes all marketing programs for the U.S. Public Sector and campaigns<\/li>\n<li>Cassandra\tJeyaram\tjoins\t<a href=\"http:\/\/www.liquidmediaconsulting.com\">Liquid Media Consulting<\/a> as\tCEO\tSocial marketing, communication and marketing strategies and campaigns. \u00a0I&#8217;ve spoken Cassandra a few times and have seen her work at IHG, she&#8217;s class A! congrats.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Submit a new hire:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/viewform?formkey=dEFtMXcwSXBfaGtkelFzMVVDbElxSVE6MA\">Submit a new hire that&#8217;s &#8216;on the move&#8217; with this easy-to-use online form<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Seeking a job?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/webstrategy.jobamatic.com\/a\/jbb\/find-jobs?sb=1&amp;sbo=1\">See the Web Strategy Job Board<\/a>, which includes paid submissions from the top brands in the world.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.communityguy.com\/jobs\/\">Community Manager jobs<\/a> by Jake McKee<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediajobs.com\/\">Social Media Jobs<\/a> by Chris Heuer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.simplyhired.com\/a\/jobs\/list\/q-social+media\">Social Media jobs<\/a>, filtered by SimplyHired<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jobsinsocialmedia.com\/\">Social Media Job Network<\/a> by James Durbin<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/kommein.com\/50-places-to-find-social-media-jobs\/\">25 places to find social media<\/a> jobs by Deb Ng<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Additional Resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/group.php?gid=3553055120\">Community Manager Facebook Group<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/25\/community-manager-appreciation-day-cmad-every-4th-monday-of-jan\/\">Community Manager Appreciation Day<\/a> (Every 4th Monday of Jan, yearly)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.web-strategist.com\/blog\/2010\/01\/30\/list-of-corporate-social-media-strategists-in-2010\/\">List of corporate web strategists and community managers<\/a> for 2010<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.altimetergroup.com\/?t=anon\">List of agencies and consultants <\/a>by Altimeter Group<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediaheadhunter.com\/\">Social Media Headhunter<\/a>: Career advice, job postings and services<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/jobs.newmediahire.com\/\">New Media Hire<\/a> community by Jim Long and team<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please congratulate the new hires by leaving a comment below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the first time, I received an email from a recruiter seeking a social strategist with 10 years business experience (not just social) an MBA and ability to manage a team of 10 for a total comp of $350-400k. That&rsquo;s a far stretch above the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/12\/people-on-the-move-in-the-social-business-industry-nov-12-2011\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">People on the Move in the Social Business Industry, Nov 12, 2011<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-career","category-on-the-move"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10793\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web-strategist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}